LarryC's World

This picture was taken over a week ago. We had some snowfall overnight on December first. Usually, we only get a light dusting of snowfall, but this time there was an accumulation of about 2 – 3 inches at our house. But, as usual, and one of the reqasons we live here, it was gone [...]

I remember where I was when JFK was assassinated. As a senior at West Aurora High school in Aurora, IL, it was right about lunch time when rumors started to swirl through the school that something had happened. Finally, it got to the point where classes were dominated by talk of the shooting and the [...]

Ahhh, Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper and Steppenwolf, what could be more reminiscent of the end of the 60’s? To tell the truth, Easy Rider is not one of my favorite films. I find it overlong and self-indulgent. But 40 years after its release, it seems to be finding new respectability.  A good chunk of the [...]

Wow… It’s been a while since I posted. Part of the reason is I just didn’t have anything worthwhile to say. Part of the reason is that I am overwhelmed by the sheer … oh what’s the word?… stupidity…  of our country. Watching the news is an exercise in agony. How much coverage did ‘Balloon [...]

You may only have one more night of Moon watching. Tomorrow morning (7:31 AM EDT), NASA plans to bomb the Moon with the upper stage of an Atlas-Centaur rocket. Presumably this is a scientific experiment to examine the amount of water is on the Moon. I think it could be the end of our beloved [...]

UPDATE: Well, it looks like the original video I posted from Youtube has been removed. So, I replaced it with another full length version of Moonlighting by Al Jarreau, this time the music-video version that palyed on MTV(or VH1 back when they played music videos). To update my post, that full length version only played [...]

I’ve been thinking about doing this post for some time. Then, last week, Peter Hartlaub did a post in the San Francisco Chronicle on this subject. I liked some of Peter’s choices, and think he was off the mark on some others. To recap, Peter’s choices were: ‘Twilight Zone’ (good choice), ‘Six Feet Under’ (OK), [...]

When I was a kid in Peoria, IL, we used to call soda-pop ’soda’. Sometimes that became soder or sody. In the 5th grade, my dad got transferred from Peoria to Aurora, IL. Aurora was about 120 miles north of Peoria, not really that far. In those days (1957) Aurora was the far west end [...]

Anyone who knows me, knows that I like food. I love to eat, and generally I like all kinds of food. Since our move to Las Cruces I have begun to worry about America’s food supply. It was easy to ignore the obvious problems while living in the Bay Area of California. Because of the [...]

Texting While Driving PSA Delivers Bloody, Bone-Crunching Message

Found on Gizmodo.

Ever heard of Jessica Cox? I hadn’t until I came across this video on YouTube:

Apparently she qualified for her pilot’s license in October of last year. This TV News report was posted about 8 months ago:

I feel like such an under-achiever after watching this. Here is a link to another YouTube video about Jessica: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TSYhOQnYxk.

Well, if you haven’t seen the Jill and Kevin wedding entrance dance by now, you are one of 3 people in the US. Really, that video became the most viewed video on YouTube so fast it was breathtaking. In just 10 days, it had over 12 million views, and was linked on over 100 other [...]